The American Enlightenment: The Shaping of the American Experiment and a Free SocietyAdrienne Koch |
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... measure would probably be , to propose a meeting of deputies from every colony , at some central place , who should be charged with the direction of the measures which should be taken by all .... The next event which excited our ...
... measure would probably be , to propose a meeting of deputies from every colony , at some central place , who should be charged with the direction of the measures which should be taken by all .... The next event which excited our ...
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... Measures of the Congress Friends and Countrymen , New - York [ December 15 ] 1774 It was hardly to be expected that any man could be so presumptuous , as openly to controvert the equity , wisdom , and authority of the measures , adopted ...
... Measures of the Congress Friends and Countrymen , New - York [ December 15 ] 1774 It was hardly to be expected that any man could be so presumptuous , as openly to controvert the equity , wisdom , and authority of the measures , adopted ...
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... measures . This is impossible without the right of looking to men . To say that measures can be discussed , and that there shall be no bearing on those who are the authors of those measures , cannot be done . The very end and reason of ...
... measures . This is impossible without the right of looking to men . To say that measures can be discussed , and that there shall be no bearing on those who are the authors of those measures , cannot be done . The very end and reason of ...
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IntroductionAdrienne Koch | 19 |
Reading and Writing | 56 |
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